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Database Entry



Smoke Loader


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fd602cbf605a4f9baffac0737c13291635ad0019567db051809d5bf8823dce5b
SHA3-384 hash: bff7c1c0921ea3a682eb01e70f50492977a88d3b92dae76f21ddc4913d27a2b0bc1e2f81b4e3718e94dea5e9437d0588
SHA1 hash: 41dbc19f9f6ce4279bfbef5e05ae7acb28771f8c
MD5 hash: 516547ec4cca7f8038998b6f3c9d95b2
humanhash: timing-queen-football-mountain
File name:516547ec4cca7f8038998b6f3c9d95b2.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Smoke Loader
File size:228'864 bytes
First seen:2024-03-28 19:02:02 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e381a5a93083caf35e69fd7d319ba0c4 (2 x Stealc, 2 x AveMariaRAT, 1 x Vidar)
ssdeep 3072:nRgqc0TaB1K9OXUr/EtJklTVPuAuqmNDghM/Aqe2+V6eC2OiH:nDc0T81K9YUBVPSj83qZ+V64
TLSH T16B245B2136F1B436F3F75E3059B496A43A7BBC736A35818F2650172E2E716C18E62713
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 3370ecd2ccf0335a (17 x Stealc, 5 x LummaStealer, 4 x Glupteba)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Smoke Loader

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
342
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
fd602cbf605a4f9baffac0737c13291635ad0019567db051809d5bf8823dce5b.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-03-28 19:11:54 UTC
Tags:
loader smoke smokeloader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Connection attempt to an infection source
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a process
Moving a file to the Program Files subdirectory
Replacing files
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories
Delayed reading of the file
Forced system process termination
Query of malicious DNS domain
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
fingerprint
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
SmokeLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Benign windows process drops PE files
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation))
Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration)
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Deletes itself after installation
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Yara detected SmokeLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1417244 Sample: 2LksWs2xq7.exe Startdate: 28/03/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 21 nidoe.org 2->21 27 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->27 29 Found malware configuration 2->29 31 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->31 33 6 other signatures 2->33 7 2LksWs2xq7.exe 2->7         started        10 thjwhdg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 35 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 7->35 37 Checks for kernel code integrity (NtQuerySystemInformation(CodeIntegrityInformation)) 7->37 39 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 7->39 41 Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection) 7->41 12 explorer.exe 63 3 7->12 injected 43 Antivirus detection for dropped file 10->43 45 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 10->45 47 Checks if the current machine is a virtual machine (disk enumeration) 10->47 process6 dnsIp7 23 nidoe.org 175.119.10.231, 49706, 49707, 49708 SKB-ASSKBroadbandCoLtdKR Korea Republic of 12->23 25 95.86.30.3, 49733, 49734, 49735 INEL-AS-MK Macedonia 12->25 17 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\thjwhdg, PE32 12->17 dropped 19 C:\Users\user\...\thjwhdg:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 12->19 dropped 49 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 12->49 51 Benign windows process drops PE files 12->51 53 Deletes itself after installation 12->53 55 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 12->55 file8 signatures9
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Privateloader
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-03-27 17:55:55 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
21
AV detection:
18 of 23 (78.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Result
Malware family:
smokeloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:smokeloader botnet:pub3 backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Deletes itself
SmokeLoader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://nidoe.org/tmp/index.php
http://sodez.ru/tmp/index.php
http://uama.com.ua/tmp/index.php
http://talesofpirates.net/tmp/index.php
Malware family:
SmokeLoader
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Active
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Smoke Loader

Executable exe fd602cbf605a4f9baffac0737c13291635ad0019567db051809d5bf8823dce5b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::FindNextVolumeMountPointW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoW
KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::SetConsoleTitleA
KERNEL32.dll::SetConsoleTitleW
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleAliasExesLengthA
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleOutputCP
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleCP
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CreateHardLinkW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileA
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
KERNEL32.dll::GetFileAttributesA
WIN_HTTP_APIUses HTTP servicesWINHTTP.dll::WinHttpOpen
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyW
WIN_TIME_APICan Modify TimeKERNEL32.dll::SetSystemTime

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